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Hobbs returns for Six Sundays
by Debra A. Golden, Wake Weekly Staff Writer
Steve Hobbs and Friends will return to Six Sundays this weekend to serve up some jazz. The popular vibraphone and marimba player will be joined by a former Wake Forest Elementary band student Russell Lacy (drums), George Knott (acoustic bass), Peter Lamb (tenor sax) and Jim Reynolds (vocalist).
The group recently performed at the Coastal Jazz Society Festival at Atlantic Beach and frequently plays at the Capital City Club and the Carolina Country Club in Raleigh. Hobbs, whose first three CDs made it to the Top Ten in the jazz charts here in the United States, is looking forward to the June 24 release of Steve Hobbs, Second Encounter. The album was released in Europe two years ago and has done well there, Hobbs said. Second Encounter was actually recorded in 1994, but was held for several years, perhaps because an album by the same group was released in 1993, Hobbs said. His newest CD, also recorded with Kenny Barron, Victor Lewis, Peter Washington, features jazz classics and "a really nice version of When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again." The album also includes Hobbs' interpretation of La Vie en Rose, along with "three of my originals," he said. The Wakefield Elementary chorale teacher said he has high hopes for Second Encounters here in the States. The album, like the 1993 release, On the Lower East Side, was recorded in New York. On the Lower East Side topped the jazz chart at Number 8, and "I think (Second Encounters) is actually the better recording," Hobbs said. Hobbs, who has toured internationally in the past, is currently focusing more on local venues. In addition to his teaching job and his performances, he directs a jazz band at North Carolina State University. The musician is also a former Wake Forest Elementary band and music teacher. The concert will be held this Sunday from 5 p.m. to 7 on the grounds of the Wake Forest Birthplace Museum. Audience members are encouraged to bring blankets, chairs and can either bring a picnic supper or purchase food from vendors. The concert itself, sponsored in part by the Wake Forest Cultural Arts Association, is free.
Last Updated On: April 24, 2003
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